Stony Brook Travels to New Hampshire to Headline a Pair of Women's Basketball Contests

Stony Brook Travels to New Hampshire to Headline a Pair of Women's Basketball Contests

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Every day throughout the 2006-07 season, America East will provide a women's basketball update that features notes on that day's matchups as well as recaps of the previous days' action. Be sure to download the PDF for complete daily update.

RECENT RESULTS

Wednesday, January 10
*at Stony Brook 69, Boston University 48
Mykeema Ford tallied a career-best 32 points and Leah Getz notched her second consecutive double-double to lift Stony Brook to a 69-48 victory over Boston U... Ford, America East Player of the Game, led all scorers, while Getz netted 10 points and pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds... Cheri Raffo led the Terriers with 14 points and was named the Terriers’ America East Player of the Game.
*at Vermont 66, Hartford 64 (OT)
Vermont’s Sy Janousek hit four three-pointers to lift the Catamounts to a 66-64 overtime win over defending champion Hartford... Janousek, Vermont’s America East Player of the Game, finished with 13 points, while Danielle Hood was named Hartford’s America East Player of the Game with a season-best 22 points on 10-of-16 shooting.
*at Albany 70, UMBC 51
Kristin Higy led four players in double figures as Albany earned a 70-51 victory over UMBC... Higy finished with a team-high 14 points, while Gia Sanders, the America East Player of the Game for Albany, added 10 points, eight boards and two blocks... Sherri Mikus finished with a career-high 14 rebounds... Amanda Robinson led the Retrievers with a game-high 15 points, while senior forward Sharri Rohde, UMBC’s America East Player of the Game added 13 points.
*at Binghamton 54, Maine 49
In just her third game back from injury, Laura Sario scored a game-high 18 points and grabbed a career-high eight rebounds to lead Binghamton to a 54-49 victory over Maine... Bracey Barker led the way for Maine with a team-high 13 points and six rebound, while Ashley Underwood finished with 12 points... Barker and Sario were named America East Players of the Game for their respective teams.
Dartmouth 79, at New Hampshire 67
Ashley Taylor and Koren Schram each scored 22 points to lead Dartmouth to a 79-67 victory over New Hampshire... The Wildcats were led by Danielle Clark, who netted 17 points and Whitney Edwards, who had 13 points and six assists.

Monday, January 8
Binghamton 60, at Cornell 59
The Bearcats snapped a three-game losing streak by capturing a 60-59 win over in-state foe Cornell to concluded their 2006-07 non-conference slate... Laura Sario led Binghamton with a career-high 25 points, which included 17 points in the first half to help the Bearcats build a 39-26 lead at the break. Laine Kurpniece added 10 points, marking the fifth consecutive game she has reached double figures in scoring.

Sunday, January 7
*Vermont 87, at Boston University 74
Kelli Poles, the America East Player of the Game for UVM, and freshman Courtnay Pilypaitis posted double-doubles to lead Vermont to an 87-74 over Boston U... Poles netted a career-high 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds off the bench, while Pilypaitis added 15 points and handed out 11 assists... Katie Meinhardt led the Terriers with 17 points, while the Terriers' America East Player of the Game Erica Kovach added 15 points and added seven rebounds.
*at Hartford 48, New Hampshire 47
Lisa Etienne and Diana Delva combining for 23 points to lead Hartford to a 48-47 win over New Hampshire... The duo recorded career highs in points and rebounds. Etienne scored 15 to lead all scorers in the game, finishing one rebound shy of a double double with nine boards, while Delva, the America East Player of the game, finished with eight points and a game-best 16 rebounds... Amy Simpson led the Wildcats with 13 points and was named America East Player of the Game for New Hampshire.
*Maine 57, at Albany 52
Bracey Barker scored a game-high 20 points and Ashley Underwood chipped in 18 points to lift Maine to its third-straight win in a 57-52 win over Albany... Amanda Ward led the Great Danes with 15 points, while junior forward Kristin Higy finished with 12 points and five rebounds. Barker and Gia Sanders were named the America East Players of the Game... Sanders netted 11 points and pulled down seven boards for the Great Danes.
*Stony Brook 72, at UMBC 60
UMBC's Sharri Rohde became the 15th player in Retriever history to score 1,000 points in her career, but the UMBC was defeated by Stony Brook 72-60... Stony Brook’s Mykeema Ford led all players with 29 points on 8-for-12 shooting, including 4-for-6 from three-point range and a perfect 9-for-9 from the charity stripe... Rohde became the 25th player in America East history to score 1,000 points in her career.

Thursday, January 4 (FIRST NIGHT OF CONFERENCE PLAY)
*Albany 63, at Binghamton 59 (OT)
Albany’s Kristin Higy netted a game-tying three-pointer with 2.8 seconds left in regulation to force overtime and help lift the Great Danes to the 63-59 overtime win... Sherri Mikus scored a game-high 22 points and pulled down nine rebounds... Laura Sario led the Bearcats with a season-high 17 points, while Laine Kurpniece finished with 10 points and a game-high 11 rebounds for her second double-double of the season.
*Hartford 61, at Stony Brook 54
The Hawks built an early double-digit lead and held on to earn the 61-54 win on the road at Stony Brook... Ikea Witt and Danielle Hood paced the Hartford offense netting 15 and 16 points, respectively... Mykeema Ford and Jessica Smith fueled the Stony Brook offense scoring 18 and 13 points, respectively... Ford and Witt were named America East Players of the Game.
*at Maine 64, New Hampshire 47
Ashley Underwood scored a game-high 17 points to lift Maine to a 64-47 win over New Hampshire... Maine’s Katie Whittier notched her second-straight double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds... Bracey Barker returned from a five-game layoff due to a wrist injury and chipped in 11 points for the Black Bears... Danielle Clark paced UNH with a team-high 17 points... For their efforts, Whittier and Clark were named the America East Players of the Game.
*at UMBC 66, Boston U. 58
Amanda Robinson tied a career high with 22 points to lead UMBC to a 66-58 win over Boston U... Robinson and Boston U.’s Erica Kovach were named America East Players of the Game... Kovach poured in a career-high 29 points on 12-for-19 shooting, including 4-for-8 from long distance, to go along with 10 rebounds for the double-double.

Tuesday, January 2
St. Bonaventure 62, at Albany 45
Albany closed out non-conference play falling to in-state foe St. Bonaventure, 62-45... Freshman guard Britney McGee scored a career-high 18 points and made four three-pointers.... Sherri Mikus chipped in with seven points, three assists and four steals for the Great Danes.

Monday, January 1
at Vermont 75, Siena 56
Freshman Courtnay Pilypaitis scored a career-high 22 points and added six assists to lead the Catamounts to a 75-56... Kelli Poles finished the game with season-high 10 points in 10 minutes, while Sy Janousek added 11 points in 21 minutes.

* America East Conference game


UPCOMING ACTION

Saturday, January 13
*Stony Brook at New Hampshire, 12 noon
The Wildcats open the home portion of their conference schedule in search of their first league win as they take on Stony Brook... The Seawolves, who struggled through a 4-9 non-conference schedule, are 2-1 in league play, by virtue of a current two-game win streak.
*Binghamton at UMBC, 7 p.m.
After winning its first conference opener since joining America East, UMBC has dropped two straight and are in search of a win as it entertains Binghamton... The Bearcats, winners to two straight, picked up their first conference win over Maine on Wednesday night.

Sunday, January 14
*Maine at Vermont, 1 p.m.
In a clash of perennial league powers, Maine will travel to Vermont... After sub par seasons a year ago, both teams appear to be recharged and primed for a run at the title... The Catamounts look to remain the league’s only undefeated team, while Maine sits just one game back.
*Albany at Boston University, 1 p.m.
The Terriers look to snap a four-game skid and earn their first conference win as they entertain Albany... The Great Danes, who were picked last in the preseason poll, have surprised a lot of the naysayers as they are 2-1 out of the gate.

Wednesday, January 17
*Vermont at Albany, 7 p.m.
*Binghamton at New Hampshire, 7 p.m.
*UMBC at Hartford, 7 p.m.
*Stony Brook at Maine, 7:30 p.m.

* America East Conference game